White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Monday accused HuffPost correspondent S.V. Date of being a “left-wing hack” who “constantly bombards” her phone after sharing a recent question texted to her by the reporter.
Date had texted Leavitt last week asking if President Trump was “aware of the significance of Budapest” when he agreed to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Hungarian capital, in the coming weeks, for peace talks.
Leavitt’s fiery response to Date came after the HuffPost reporter texted her about Trump’s decision to meet with Putin in Budapest. AP
“Does he not see why Ukraine might object to that site? Who suggested Budapest?” Date probed, noting that the city was the site of a 1994 agreement where Ukraine pledged to give up nuclear weapons inher